While not much is going on in sleepy Dry Drayton, let’s comment on some things that might affect you if you venture further afield into Cambridge.
Coming up shortly from Monday 27th July until Sunday 6th September Silver Street will be closed for traffic travelling West away from the City Centre. Morrison’s Engineering will be replacing a gas main on behalf of National Grid. During the closure, Silver Street will be restricted to single directional traffic in an easterly flow. The eastbound bus stop in Silver Street will still be in operation during these works, but the Westbound stop will be relocated in Newnham Road close to the junction of Newnham Road and Silver Street.
Meanwhile Library fans will be keen to learn the latest about the fate of the Central Lion Yard Library. At last it looks like something is actually happening. Library staff are confidently talking about a mid September opening. The temporary central library site http://hipweb.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/central/whats_new.html suggests that this will be late September. A DryDraytonNet roving reporter snatched these two pictures of what’s happening on the ground and there is a definite sighting of books arriving on the top floor. Perhaps we should be running a sweepstake – a pound a ticket for a guess at the opening date – winner takes all. I think on past performance I’d be buying a mid November ticket, or is that too cynical?
A sighting of BOOKS - wow
Still a way to go on this floor - but there are carpets and bookshelves.
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Liz Walker // July 31, 2009 at 7:50 am |
Sleepy Dry Drayton: your village pub needs you…
Can we all try to get there for opening night just to show our support to the new landlord? My partner and I are quite excited by the prospect of having a village pub once more. We live in Scotland Road so it’s a bit of a trek, but a village with no pub is like, well, a village with no shop or post office – and we all know what that’s like.
drydrayton // August 9, 2009 at 8:10 pm |
Something is afoot – the Cambridgeshire Collection – currently temporarily housed in Milton Rd Lirary at Asham Rd , is closing from 17th August in order to move back to the Lion Yard. So – if you want to use the Cambridgeshire Collection – get in there this week before it is all packed away to be moved.